Drosophila pseudosaltans Magalhães, 1956

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Drosophila pseudosaltans Magalhães, 1956

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Non-type material. Strain PSE (Cantareira, São Paulo, Brazil): 61 males dissected .

Male terminalia. The hypandrium, the aedeagal sheath, aedeagal apex, aedeagal ventral processes and pregonites of this species resemble those of D. nigrosaltans ( Fig. 7A–E ). The aedeagal dorsal crest is lower in D. pseudosaltans ( Fig. 7B ). The most notable difference between these species is in the ventral postgonites with wider, darker, and slightly bifurcate ends in D. pseudosaltans ( Fig. 7B–D ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Scanning electron micrographs of D. pseudosaltans male terminalia. (A) Ventral view of terminalia (576 x magnification). (B) Lateral view of aedeagus and phallapodeme (747 x magnification). (C) Ventral view of terminalia (532 x magnification). (D) Lateral view of aedeagus (1.210 x magnification). (E) Ventral view of terminalia and aedeagal apex (975 x magnification). The imagens are from PSE strain. Abbreviations in Table 1.